[Rhodes22-list] New Owner - OBM question

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Anyone have the sailpro on there r22? I like the sound of that motor. 

Cheers,
Ted

S/V AIRPOWER 
1991/2013 R22
Boston, MA (soon to be Jacksonville, FL)



> On May 26, 2014, at 12:29 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> I will second the ease of fresh-water flush as something to consider. 
> After losing a Honda (years ago) to salt in the cooling passages, we 
> bought a Yamaha specifically because the freshwater flush was so 
> easy. I think many of them (including Hondas) now come with a more 
> accessible flush but once you are considering a motor make sure you 
> can easily flush it. We flush ours after every use.
> 
> Our Yamaha is about 5 years old and is a high thrust 8 hp with the 
> really big prop. Downsides (compared to our old Honda 8 which was 
> also a high thrust but didn't have the same gearing or as big a prop) 
> is that the large prop can nick the rudder in a couple of rare 
> circumstances (can't remember exactly what they were but we came 
> close) and that it's not quite as maneuverable in tight docking 
> situations - we don't have the motor to tiller steering. There are a 
> couple of advantages. We seem to run at lower rpms and the big one 
> for us was unexpected - in very choppy conditions or when dealing 
> with powerboat wakes, the prop tends to cavitate and come out of the 
> water much less than the old Honda.
> 
> Our 5 year old Yamaha has had some carburetor issues but these seem 
> to have been solved by using ethanol-free gas.
> 
> If you are truly going to use the motor mostly for getting in and out 
> of the slip, I'd go with a smaller lighter motor and not worry about 
> the high thrust. We used to do a lot of weekend overnights. We would 
> frequently get caught coming back with a long motoring stint either 
> because of no wind or too much wind on the nose and a schedule. The 
> Yamaha 8HT (or the closest you can get to it now) is ideal for those 
> conditions.
> 
> Honda also makes a 9.9 "Power Thrust" and Nissan makes a 6hp High 
> thrust http://www.nissanmarine.com/products/6_4.html.  It's a one 
> cylinder so you'd want to make sure that it operates smoothly (I'm 
> told the old Honda 5s had a lot of vibration).
> 
> Best of luck.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22  Fretless
> (recycled 1998)
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> 
> At 11:42 AM 5/26/2014, you wrote:
>> I've had mine a year and also have the Yamaha and have been very 
>> pleased with it. One of the nice features is that fresh water flush 
>> connection is near the cowling and not farther down the shaft so 
>> it's easy to reach.
>> 
>> John Waldhausen
>> Bainbridge Island
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>>> On May 26, 2014, at 5:55 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all - John here, a soon-to-be first time R22 owner, as soon as
>> Stan finishes with the final touches on a recycled '99.
>>> 
>>> A quick first question to the assembled wisdom here:
>>> 
>>> OBM - how critical is the "high thrust, low RPM" type of OBM that
>> is recommended? I can only find that advertised for Yamaha 9.9s and 
>> above; no other brands mention the 'high thrust' versions; the R22 
>> forum comments don't seem to mention it (as they do shaft length 
>> and general size/hp).
>>> 
>>> I will be a lower Chesapeake sailor, so the OBM use will be
>> primarily in/out of the marina.
>>> 
>>> Thanks all!!
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 
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